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Best Answer: My 6 pound Chihuahua Gigi was put on Rimadyl for a broken leg. Gigi was only 2 1/2 years old! One night when I was getting back from the store, my husband was home and told me that when Gigi heard me unlocking the door to come inside, she got really excited to see me and started running to the door to greet me, like she always did only this time she somehow slipped on the Ceramic Tile and went sliding into the corner of the wall leg first. She was immediately and carefully picked up and we took her to an Emergency Vet around the corner from my house. Her leg was X-Rayed, It was Broken in 2 places, It was Re-Set, It was Splinted and she was given medication, only it wasn't Rimadyl, it was something else. The next day I took her to the vet that I had been using for years with all my dogs and trusted. She is the one that put Gigi on Rimadyl. When I heard the name of the medication, I questioned the vet about it's safety and told the vet that I had heard some real horror stories about Rimadyl. The vet told me that Gigi would be ok! She said that Gigi would not be on Rimadyl long enough for it to do her any kind of harm and told me to stop worrying. She was on it for a very short time. Gigi only took about 5 or 6 doses and did not seem to be in pain after that ,so I told the vet to put her on something else because I just got a really bad feeling about this drug, told her I wanted Gigi taken off and she put Gigi on Tramadol, which she could have done and should have done to begin with, instead of the Rimadyl. The Tramadol was given only when Gigi seemed a little uncomfortable with her leg. The 5 or 6 doses that Gigi did take of Rimadyl, was enough to cause permanent damage to Gigi's Liver. Gigi was never sick a day in her life, before she was put on Rimadyl. She was very healthy! Gigi one day had thrown up a couple of times and being that she was never sick, I did not want to take any chances. I just got this really bad feeling in my gut and took her back to the vet. We had some bloodwork done and the results came back that Gigi had Liver Disease! I was way beyond shocked because the last thing I was expecting to hear was that she was diagnosed with a deadly disease! She fought it for quite a while, was under a vets care the entire time and we lost her. According to the Necropsy done on Gigi, Rimadyl caused her Liver Disease and caused Gigi's death. This drug is very dangerous and is killing many dogs. It needs to be pulled! Vets are very aware of the risks! Some vets I know still prescribe it. The vet I take all my dogs to now, refuses to prescribe Rimadyl for any of his patients, knowing it's a deadly drug. He told me that my first vet could have put Gigi on a much safer and less risky and just as effective pain medication, since she was going to be on it for such a short time. He said if the first vet had done that, that Gigi would have still been alive today and right by my side, where she belongs. I refused from that point on to ever take any of my Chi's to the first vet again and continue to this day with the one I have now. When I found all of this out, it broke my heart, I was extremely pissed and confronted the first vet and told her how I felt. None of this should have ever happened!!! She told me that she knew that Rimadyl was a deadly drug, but she still prescribed it for Gigi, thinking that being on it for such a short time,it would not cause Gigi any kind of harm. I trusted my vets advice and it took Gigi's life! I can't tell you how guilty that makes me feel now, knowing what I know now! It's going to be 2 years this August and to this day, I can't get this nightmare and what happened to Gigi out of my head. She is in my mind constantly and I grieve for her and cry for her daily! Gigi was a very sweet, very loving, very friendly little Chi. She was raised and socialized really young around many other dogs and other people. She loved playing with other dogs. She loved being around other people. She was never aggressive, snappy or an obsessive barker. Anyone that met Gigi, fell in love with her because she was such a loving dog. Gigi is truly missed and will remain so deeply embedded in our hearts forever!
Rest In Peace, My Little Love Gigi, In The Arms Of The Angels. I'm so sorry that this happened to you! You little sweety, will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! I Love You and Miss You So Much! It's not the same around here without you here!
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There is alot more to this story, but not enough room to write everything down. If you want to know what else is going on, then email me and I will tell you!
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I hope that Chuckles and Samson are ok!

Source(s): If you have a dog on Rimadyl, it's deadly. Please have the vet take your dog off this drug and put your dog on something safer. There are other medications out there that are just as effective, but much less risky! If you have a dog that is on Rimadyl now that is lucky enough to still be alive, you are very lucky! The long term risks and effects however are still there. Is it really worth it to you to continue to take those risks? Please take your dogs off this drug! I would hate to have to seen anyone go through this kind of nightmare! It's very heartbreaking!
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Chihuahua Addicts dogs got liver disease from rimadyl. Rimadyl and metacam are hard on the organs, I think rimadyl would be better than metacam, but if your dog is dying you have nothing left to use. I don't like rimadyl, but did use it on a dog that was dying, since I had nothing left to loose and it did help him. I would not recommend it for a young dog. I had an idiot vet that tried to tell my rimadyl was candy for dogs and I should give it to Andy when he was just a puppy. Andy was never diagnosed with anything, but she wanted me to give him this dangerous med because according to her it was candy for dogs. This is why we all have to educate ourselves, sometimes vets really are idiots and our dogs pay the price for their stupidity.

We took in an elderly GSD who 3years later required massive surgery. The vet sent us home with ABs and Rimadyl. On her first day of meds, my SO gave her the doses, and then put them on the coffee table (it was a struggle getting them into her, so he was absent-minded about sitting them down and forgot to put them up). I came home from lunch to see one of my pugs vomitting. When I realized he had eaten 25 GSD sized Rimadyl, I grabbed the bottle of Sonne's #7 bentonite clay, gave him about a tablespoon, and rushed him to the vet. They put him on IVs and monitored him with blood tests, waiting for his liver to crash. Between the pug vomitting up a good portion of it and the bentonite clay pulling it back out of his system, we were fortunately able to avoid the liver crashing. The vet is still scratching his head, though - he doesn't really understand the bentonite and how it works.

My dogs have had Rimadyl on and off in fact one has been on it for the last 2 weeks and no ill affects with it i have heard it can cause problems but this is a widely prescribed drug in the UK

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Our 7 1/2 year old Bulldog has been on Rimadyl for 4 1/2 years for Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis. She gets blood tested every six months and is doing great. Since I'm not that great with the computer, I don't even know what the Flickr group is. Can you please email me and tell me what this is all about. I hope it's nothing bad.

I have used rimadyl in my own dogs and have seen it used in many others. Yes like any other medication, there can be side effects and/or death in certain individuals but those are very rare when you see the statistics. However that doesn't help if it's your dog that had the adverse side effect. I've used it routinely on a couple of my older dogs for years to alleviate the pain of arthritis so that they could live a wonderful relatively pain free life. I have used it short term in my dogs after surgery and the occasional muscle strain or lameness caused from running. My dogs have never had a problem with it.

We prescribe a lot of it at the vet hospital where I work at for both surgical pain and chronic pain. For dogs on long term therapy (rimadyl given once or twice daily for more than one month) we require blood work every 6 months to assess the liver and kidney function. Yes over the past 10-12 years we have seen a couple of dogs go into liver failure with it. However we see more adverse reactions with other pain medications like aspirin that the owners give without our knowledge.

You need to watch for lack of energy, lack of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. You will need to call your vet if you notice these signs.

I like rimadyl and the other NSAIDs. It has helped many dogs to live longer happier lives. I remember when the only things available to help with pain in dogs was aspirin and cortical steroids. Now those can cause some side effects. Prednisone and dexamethasone can really have some long term side effects. There are other pain medications that are becoming more routinely used in dogs. These include gabapentin and tramadol.

Well, if your name is any indication, I don't know why you're asking this question. Seems like you know all you want to know about Rimadyl.

Here's the thing. I have a 14 year old dog with arthritis. And cancer. The reality is - she's not going to be with us for very much longer. So, if it doesn't matter which kills her the cancer or liver failure, well, I opt for cheap poison that keeps her pain free.

I still have a difficult decision a head of me, but until that day, I get a little more time with her.